Rosebud, A Black-Footed
Ferret
(live streaming)

You are viewing a
black-footed ferret (Named
Rosebud) nest box at the Zoo’s
Smithsonian Conservation Biology
Institute in Front Royal,
Virginia, where ferrets are bred
to be saved from extinction. The
kits shown on the cam this year
have left for Colorado and will
eventually be released into the
wild. Ferrets, which once ranged
across the Great Plains and are
now one of the world's rarest
mammals. 2011 marks the 30th
anniversary of a collaborative
ferret conservation effort.